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9 comments:
You know, we should approach him and do it. We've got enough smarm and half-jackery to pull it off.
Think about it. Have your people call my people.
I bet he would sign off on the finished product and not realize it was satire until someone who read the book told him.
On a serious note, baseball-reference says he made over $45 million in his career. He ain't broke because he "told the truth". Of that I am sure.
"I guess I was about 7 or 8. Mom took me and Ozzie to McDonalds. We got a Happy Meal and had to share, because we didn't have a lot of money. But we were happy. Ozzie and I went to play in the ball pit. After about five minutes, I felt a jab in my hand. It was a syringe. The doctors later tested it and said that it was some sort of steroid. I laughed, because I couldn't figure out how they got two speakers and the 8-track through that little needle.
"I didn't know it at the time, but through that first injection I was hooked. I guess that my genes have a predisposition to the juice. I couldn't get enough of it. By the time I was in sixth grade I was benching 250. I couldn't wait to get into Coral Park High School and start playing some real ball."
Next Chapter: Skipping Geometry Isn't Wise (stay in school, kids)
In honor of Frank Zappa's birthday, I say that the stereo/steroid/8 track injection was "Freak Out" by the Mothers of Invention which might explain a lot of things.
Had he got a better toy in the Happy Meal, it also may have kept him and Ozzie occupied such that they never got to the ball pit.
Maybe Jose is a victim after all.
Are you sure it wasn't "Playing with the Queen of Hearts" by JUICE Newton playing the background of the McDonalds.
Again, just sayin'. . . .
Seriously - you two would have quite the time, co-writing (is "snarking" a verb?) his book.
I'm just . . . .
Haven't thought of that song in a long time.
Shoot. Missed the pun even though you capitalized it.
Hats off to you.
Well, it's Christmas week. We can't all be on top of our games. . .
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